Hehe, yes, I am evil laughing over here...I take a wicked pleasure in your hand-wringing! But a great deal of not-wicked pleasure in your reading! :-D
Letters to Fergus - Completed 8/23/10 - Epilogue 3 Solace
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#102
Posté 18 août 2010 - 10:27
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Could always ask Morrigan to give her an hour or two before hand, and then send Alistair over to her. 
(Most likely outcome: Morrigan disapproves -40)
(Most likely outcome: Morrigan disapproves -40)
#103
Posté 18 août 2010 - 10:31
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Aww, but don't you think they'd like to really enjoy their first time? Though of course relatively short first time then Morrigan is better than no time at all, right? :-P
#104
Posté 19 août 2010 - 12:01
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Sandtigress wrote...
Aww, but don't you think they'd like to really enjoy their first time? Though of course relatively short first time then Morrigan is better than no time at all, right? :-P
Oh yes, short with each other is MUCH better than Morrigan gets him first.
#105
Posté 19 août 2010 - 05:21
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Yankee23 wrote...
Sandtigress wrote...
Aww, but don't you think they'd like to really enjoy their first time? Though of course relatively short first time then Morrigan is better than no time at all, right? :-P
Oh yes, short with each other is MUCH better than Morrigan gets him first.
Will they see it that way though....?
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#106
Posté 19 août 2010 - 08:00
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Or after. She can kiss the wounds on her king away and take all the time she wants. 
#107
Posté 19 août 2010 - 08:21
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So what is the characterization of Amelia supposed to be like? A lot of her views and the things she worries about makes her seem like she was very sheltered before all this started.
#108
Posté 19 août 2010 - 08:33
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Sarah1281 wrote...
So what is the characterization of Amelia supposed to be like? A lot of her views and the things she worries about makes her seem like she was very sheltered before all this started.
I envision her as traditional and yes, in some ways, quite sheltered. She's duty and honor bound, always seeking to do the right thing - a real white knight type, so really her personality in that sense is a lot like Alistair's.
She's always hoped to marry for love but wasn't quite sure if she should expect it, knowing that as a noble she'd be more likely to marry for politics - then again, her parents are madly in love so it's not an impossible thing. It never even crosses her mind though to flirt with Duncan or Iona, and Dairren doesn't really interest her on any level - political or romantic. Neither does Thomas Howe btw. Had she gotten to know Nathaniel when they were growing up? Maybe, but it's still not much of a political union. Bann Teagan would have been a good possibility though - at least he's brother to an important Arl and the king's uncle.
I always see Bryce and Eleanor as a bit overprotective - Bryce certainly isn't afraid to step in and be daddy-bear over Duncan trying to recruit his daughter, and Amelia's the type to let him be protective and kind of smile and laugh about it. She doesn't need to be protected (she wouldn't make much of a Grey Warden if she did) but it's her father's right to do so and she won't complain about it. Mostly she's pretty laid back - I picture her a lot like Eleanor.
Enough info for you?
#109
Posté 20 août 2010 - 12:09
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Another great letter leaving me scared for Alistair and pityful for Amelia... 
And Amelia(your profile picture) looks awesome, the real white knight she should be.
Can't wait until the next letter
Edit: Also, would you mind if I wanted to do something similar for my own Cousland. Just reading this made me want to do my own wardens tale.
And Amelia(your profile picture) looks awesome, the real white knight she should be.
Can't wait until the next letter
Edit: Also, would you mind if I wanted to do something similar for my own Cousland. Just reading this made me want to do my own wardens tale.
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#110
Posté 20 août 2010 - 02:00
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Go for it! The challenge is always in taking something rather plain (I mean, letters in and of themselves aren't that unusual) and turning into something of your own, that hopefully people are interested in. So feel free to explore it yourself - I think the most challenging parts for me were getting things across with very limited dialogue and having her talk about things to her brother specifically. There were times I wanted to cover things that Amelia just wouldn't tell Fergus, or didn't fit in the framework of what I had written. Then it's "Okay, either rewrite or just let it go" - things like growing relationships with the rest of the part, for instance. And Shale - in game Amelia recruited Shale but with the timeline I had created, she just didn't fit in. So Shale got cut, (sorry Shale) even though I really like her.
Amelia "in person" was a bit of a miracle character, since she was done pure character creator on my PS3. She was kind of "okay" in the creator, and then I got her out and into the light and it was "Whoa....she's gorgeous..." lol I've never been able to recreate her, unlike my Dalish who I've done four times now and is recognizably herself in each incarnation.
As far as the next letter....is there someone left to write it? ;-) You'll have to wait and see! But no, I won't end it there.
Amelia "in person" was a bit of a miracle character, since she was done pure character creator on my PS3. She was kind of "okay" in the creator, and then I got her out and into the light and it was "Whoa....she's gorgeous..." lol I've never been able to recreate her, unlike my Dalish who I've done four times now and is recognizably herself in each incarnation.
As far as the next letter....is there someone left to write it? ;-) You'll have to wait and see! But no, I won't end it there.
#111
Posté 20 août 2010 - 02:08
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You're taunting us, aren't you?
Every time you post on here, we get all excited and click on the thread topic and see that instead of another installment in your Cousland's epistolic history you're responding to someone. It's a cruel, cruel game.
Just so you know...
Every time you post on here, we get all excited and click on the thread topic and see that instead of another installment in your Cousland's epistolic history you're responding to someone. It's a cruel, cruel game.
Just so you know...
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#112
Posté 20 août 2010 - 02:12
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mousestalker wrote...
You're taunting us, aren't you?
Every time you post on here, we get all excited and click on the thread topic and see that instead of another installment in your Cousland's epistolic history you're responding to someone. It's a cruel, cruel game.
Just so you know...
Who, me? :innocent: Would I do something like that....?
#113
Posté 20 août 2010 - 03:29
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Do you want an honest answer or one that'll get more letters posted?
#114
Posté 20 août 2010 - 06:36
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Awwww poor Amelia! Oh and poor Alistair may they have chosen for the ritual! :-( I love this again though so can't wait on the next one 
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Posté 20 août 2010 - 02:08
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Liliandra Nadiar wrote...
Do you want an honest answer or one that'll get more letters posted?
:innocent::innocent::innocent:
#116
Posté 20 août 2010 - 02:10
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Lynn01 wrote...
Awwww poor Amelia! Oh and poor Alistair may they have chosen for the ritual! :-( I love this again though so can't wait on the next one
There is another letter coming, just...not now. Shall we say we're all feeling a little of what Amelia and Alistair would, whether they did the ritual or not? Could they trust Morrigan to keep her word, and even then if either of them would fall before reaching the archdemon?
#117
Posté 21 août 2010 - 01:11
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For being super patient and always wonderful and waiting, here's the next letter. ^-^ Before I release it on ff.net even!
#118
Posté 21 août 2010 - 01:12
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15 Drakonis
Dear Fergus,
There is an irony in this matter ending where it began. It is a year to the day since I saw you last, on your way to Ostagar, a year since Howe stole away all that I loved. And now it is but mere hours to my beloved's coronation, where he will become King of Ferelden.
It has been quite a journey that led me here to this place, and I know that you were by my side for it all. Through treaties and battles and personal struggles, I know that I have never been alone. And even in the darkest times – battling the archdemon and that night that I waited for Alistair to return to me from Morrigan's bed…I know that your thoughts have ever been with me.
The trials are not over – Ferelden is still in need of a Warden Commander and I am under no impression that being Queen will be an easy task, but I think that things will be all right from here. This past year has shown me that I am strong enough to overcome the trials that life provides, stronger than I ever thought possible. What could be worse than the archdemon? Perhaps the outcome of Morrigan's ritual…but she has sworn that the child will never be used against us, and despite myself, I believe her. It has not been an easy matter between Alistair and I…but we will survive. We did it to survive.
Fergus, I have written you so many letters throughout this year, letters that were more for me than for you. I see that now. I needed to have you close, to talk to you and to hear your advice, to know you were near. I will always miss you, big brother, but I think now I can let you go. I have made many dear and wonderful friends throughout this journey who will help me carry the burdens of my life as you so often did, though they were indeed much lighter then. Alistair has promised that we will build a memorial to you, to Mother and Father and all the victims of Howe's evil, and I will bury these letters there. So this will be my final letter to you, but never doubt that you will always be in my heart.
I could wax philosophical longer, but I am sure you are tired of soppy sentiment and there are many things left for me to do to prepare for the coronation ceremony. Alistair says that he has a surprise for me – I know that he intends this to be as much for me as for him. The "Hero of Ferelden" he calls me, another grand title to add to my growing list, I suppose. I wish more than anything that you could be there - for this ceremony, for my wedding, perhaps to see your niece or nephew if the Maker so blesses us. But then you will be there, in spirit if not in flesh, and that will be enough. Farewell Fergus, I will never forget you and I eagerly await the day we see each other again.
Until then I remain forever yours,
Amelia
Dear Fergus,
There is an irony in this matter ending where it began. It is a year to the day since I saw you last, on your way to Ostagar, a year since Howe stole away all that I loved. And now it is but mere hours to my beloved's coronation, where he will become King of Ferelden.
It has been quite a journey that led me here to this place, and I know that you were by my side for it all. Through treaties and battles and personal struggles, I know that I have never been alone. And even in the darkest times – battling the archdemon and that night that I waited for Alistair to return to me from Morrigan's bed…I know that your thoughts have ever been with me.
The trials are not over – Ferelden is still in need of a Warden Commander and I am under no impression that being Queen will be an easy task, but I think that things will be all right from here. This past year has shown me that I am strong enough to overcome the trials that life provides, stronger than I ever thought possible. What could be worse than the archdemon? Perhaps the outcome of Morrigan's ritual…but she has sworn that the child will never be used against us, and despite myself, I believe her. It has not been an easy matter between Alistair and I…but we will survive. We did it to survive.
Fergus, I have written you so many letters throughout this year, letters that were more for me than for you. I see that now. I needed to have you close, to talk to you and to hear your advice, to know you were near. I will always miss you, big brother, but I think now I can let you go. I have made many dear and wonderful friends throughout this journey who will help me carry the burdens of my life as you so often did, though they were indeed much lighter then. Alistair has promised that we will build a memorial to you, to Mother and Father and all the victims of Howe's evil, and I will bury these letters there. So this will be my final letter to you, but never doubt that you will always be in my heart.
I could wax philosophical longer, but I am sure you are tired of soppy sentiment and there are many things left for me to do to prepare for the coronation ceremony. Alistair says that he has a surprise for me – I know that he intends this to be as much for me as for him. The "Hero of Ferelden" he calls me, another grand title to add to my growing list, I suppose. I wish more than anything that you could be there - for this ceremony, for my wedding, perhaps to see your niece or nephew if the Maker so blesses us. But then you will be there, in spirit if not in flesh, and that will be enough. Farewell Fergus, I will never forget you and I eagerly await the day we see each other again.
Until then I remain forever yours,
Amelia
#119
Posté 22 août 2010 - 10:03
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Thank you!
I have really enjoyed reading these, they were excellent...again, thank you for sharing them.
I have really enjoyed reading these, they were excellent...again, thank you for sharing them.
#120
Posté 22 août 2010 - 10:09
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I'm glad you enjoyed them! There's one more left - an epilogue on Monday!
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Posté 22 août 2010 - 11:16
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Sandtigress wrote...
I'm glad you enjoyed them! There's one more left - an epilogue on Monday!
vv00+!
#124
Posté 23 août 2010 - 05:43
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Yay! I'm happy there will be one more. I love these.
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Posté 23 août 2010 - 01:52
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3 Solace
Dear Amelia,
I received your letter - of course I'm coming to your wedding. An entire horde of darkspawn couldn't keep me away and yes, I am aware of the irony of that statement. It will be good to get out of Highever. There are still too many reminders of Howe here and all that he did and left behind. But then you are more than aware of what he did.
Your Alistair seems like a fine man. I always told you one day you'd find someone who could handle you, and I'm glad to see that I was right. Just so you know, I've already told him that I'll break both his legs if he hurts my little sister. He said you were more than capable of doing the deed yourself – I like him already!
He is a lucky man to win such a woman for his bride. You make me very proud, Amelia, and I know that Mother and Father would be proud of you as well, and not just for elevating the Couslands to the most powerful family in Ferelden! I won't give you a speech about doing your duty as a Cousland, I rather suspect you'll attend to your duties with quite a will!
I will see you soon, dear sister, and I look forward to the day.
Your brother,
Fergus
Dear Amelia,
I received your letter - of course I'm coming to your wedding. An entire horde of darkspawn couldn't keep me away and yes, I am aware of the irony of that statement. It will be good to get out of Highever. There are still too many reminders of Howe here and all that he did and left behind. But then you are more than aware of what he did.
Your Alistair seems like a fine man. I always told you one day you'd find someone who could handle you, and I'm glad to see that I was right. Just so you know, I've already told him that I'll break both his legs if he hurts my little sister. He said you were more than capable of doing the deed yourself – I like him already!
He is a lucky man to win such a woman for his bride. You make me very proud, Amelia, and I know that Mother and Father would be proud of you as well, and not just for elevating the Couslands to the most powerful family in Ferelden! I won't give you a speech about doing your duty as a Cousland, I rather suspect you'll attend to your duties with quite a will!
I will see you soon, dear sister, and I look forward to the day.
Your brother,
Fergus
